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Sandro RUOTOLO

Italy Italy S&D – Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Partito Democratico

Sandro RUOTOLO is a Member of the European Parliament from Italy, representing Partito Democratico in the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Sandro has submitted 493 amendments, delivered 30 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 1 as shadow rapporteur, asked 103 questions, and filed 3 motions. Vote participation stands at 75.4% (4471 out of 5928 recorded roll-call votes within the Member's mandate period). All counts shown are raw figures from official European Parliament records, not adjusted for mandate length.

Parliamentary Activity

Activity Count EP Avg vs Avg EP Rank Country Group
Amendments 493 811.1 -318 460th/743 54th/77 104th/138
Speeches 30 44.4 -14 425th/743 24th/77 82nd/138
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 20th/77 65th/138
Reports (Shadow) 1 3.8 -3 464th/743 49th/77 84th/138
Questions 103 39.7 +63 53rd/743 11th/77 5th/138
Motions 3 19.6 -17 446th/743 37th/77 68th/138
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 21st/77 56th/138
Opinions (Shadow) 1 2.7 -2 369th/743 41st/77 58th/138
Explanations of Vote 0 43.0 -43 394th/743 7th/77 90th/138
Vote Participation 75.4% 86.3% – 648th/745 67th/77 120th/138

Each row orders Members by a single recorded metric; tied values share the same rank. Counts are raw and are not adjusted for mandate length; vote participation is the share of roll-call votes cast within each Member's mandate period. EP Avg = mean across all 745 tracked Members of the 10th term, including former Members. Data: European Parliament term 10 (2024–2029).

Roles and Memberships

Committees

Member EUDS – Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield
Substitute LIBE – Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Member CULT – Committee on Culture and Education
Member PETI – Committee on Petitions

Delegations

Member DLAT – Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
Substitute D-MX – Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee

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Committees and delegations

Sandro RUOTOLO holds the committee and delegation roles listed below in the 10th term (2024–2029).

Committees

  • Committee on Culture and Education (CULT): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 20 of 27 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield (EUDS): Member, since 2026-07-06. Attended 6 of 9 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 18 of 36 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Petitions (PETI): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 13 of 24 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (D-MX): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (DLAT): Member, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2026-02-25 A10-0028/2026 RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and the Republic of Ecuador, of the other part, on cooperation between the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and the Ecuadorian authorities competent for combating serious crime and terrorism (LIBE)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2025-02-04 CULT_AL(2025)765311 Opinion on a Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast) (CULT)

Amendments by procedure

Procedures with the most amendments Sandro RUOTOLO has tabled as author or co-author in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.

  • 2025/2239(INI): 140 amendments, latest 2025-12-15 (LIBE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report
  • 2024/2078(INI): 59 amendments, latest 2025-02-19 (LIBE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law Report
  • 2025/2135(INI): 44 amendments, latest 2025-11-12 (LIBE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025
  • 2025/0101(COD): 43 amendments, latest 2025-10-27 (LIBE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 as regards the establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level
  • 2025/0550(COD): 36 amendments, latest 2026-06-22 (CULT)
    EP document title: BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the ‘AgoraEU’ programme for the period 2028 to 2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/692 and (EU) 2021/818

Questions, motions and explanations of vote

Records as published on the European Parliament website, including co-signed texts. Each list says how far its records reach.

Written questions

Most recent 20 of 102. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-09-07 Extraterritorial impact of the US designation of Autistici/Inventati as a terrorist entity (P-10-2026-003526)
  • 2026-07-22 EU support for the Global Partnership for Education ahead of the 2026 Replenishment Conference (E-10-2026-003098)
  • 2026-07-16 Urgent appeal for the release of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya (E-10-2026-003029)
  • 2026-07-15 Update by the Commission of its guidelines on tackling online disinformation during electoral processes (E-10-2026-002950)
  • 2026-07-14 State of play of negotiations on the agreement on the exchange of personal data between Europol and Israel (E-10-2026-002925)
  • 2026-06-24 State of play of the EU authorisation procedure for concessions from social security contributions for large companies in Southern Italy (Italian Law No 207/2024). (E-10-2026-002591)
  • 2026-06-17 Request that the Commission publish evidence pertaining to the non-activation of the Blocking Statute (E-10-2026-002520)
  • 2026-06-17 Circumvention of the EU-Israel Association Agreement and illegal imports from settlements in the occupied territories (E-10-2026-002521)
  • 2026-06-10 Potential conflict of interest in the appointment of the Special Envoy for Industrial AI (P-10-2026-002401)
  • 2026-06-02 Application of the Early Detection and Exclusion System to companies active in the cyber-surveillance sector, including those involved in spyware (E-10-2026-002239)
  • 2026-06-02 Participation of EU officials in ISS World Europe security fair (E-10-2026-002240)
  • 2026-06-01 Evidence of systemic failures by online platforms to tackle financial scams (E-10-2026-002217)
  • 2026-05-22 The theme parks sector (E-10-2026-002124)
  • 2026-05-19 Employment conditions at the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics and protection of EU research funds (E-10-2026-002070)
  • 2026-05-13 The proposed Italian performing arts law’s new organisational model and its potential breach of Directive 1999/70/EC (E-10-2026-002013)
  • 2026-05-13 Another shooting attack by Libyan militias on the humanitarian vessel Sea-Watch 5 (E-10-2026-002019)
  • 2026-05-11 The compatibility with EU law of the Italian 2026 Security Law’s video surveillance measure (E-10-2026-001948)
  • 2026-05-06 Continuity of tertiary education for pregnant women and women with children (E-10-2026-001857)
  • 2026-04-28 Meta ‘elections operations centers’ (E-10-2026-001732)
  • 2026-04-28 Abuse of office – reintroduction of the offence in Italy (P-10-2026-001735)

Questions for oral answer

All 1, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

  • 2025-12-02 European Democracy Shield – very large online platform algorithms, foreign interference and the spread of disinformation (O-10-2025-000044)

Motions for resolutions

All 3, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.

  • 2026-07-01 PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION requesting the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations to verify whether Europe of Sovereign Nations Party complies with the conditions laid down in Article 3(1), points (d) and (e), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445 (B-10-2026-0338)
  • 2026-06-10 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recruitment of children by organised crime (B-10-2026-0275)
  • 2025-07-02 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Commission delegated regulation of 10 June 2025 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add Algeria, Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Monaco, Namibia, Nepal and Venezuela to the list of high-risk third countries which have provided a written high-level political commitment to address the identified deficiencies and have developed an action plan with the FATF, and to remove Barbados, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Panama, the Philippines, Senegal, Uganda an (B-10-2025-0315)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Sandro RUOTOLO set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group and of the Members from Italy. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.

ActivityCountEP meanS&D meanItaly mean
Amendments493811.1 (lower)980.6 (lower)836.1 (lower)
Speeches3044.4 (lower)47.4 (lower)31.1 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)1.1 (lower)0.6 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)13.8 (lower)2.7 (lower)3.4 (lower)
Questions10339.7 (higher)34.3 (higher)64.9 (higher)
Motions319.6 (lower)8.2 (lower)7.6 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.9 (lower)0.6 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)12.7 (lower)1.9 (lower)2.7 (lower)
Explanations of Vote043.0 (lower)31.4 (lower)3.1 (lower)
Vote Participation75.4%86.3% (lower)85.8% (lower)85.9% (lower)

Means are taken over all tracked Members of the 10th term, former Members included. Counts are raw and not adjusted for mandate length.